Landslide Hazard

Protection of life and properties from landslide disaster is indispensable in creating a safe environment for the society.
The national imperative towards safety due to landslide initiation is increasing in view of the higher rate of human settlement in the
mountain slope across the country. Landslides are significant amongst those hazards that can easily be disastrous to human life and
property. It is estimated that economic loss due to landslides may reach between 1-2% of the gross national product in many developing
countries. Evaluating and mitigating the landslide hazard and risk is a major challenge for the technocrats and decision makers in the
developing world as 80% of the reported fatalities due to landslide is within the developing countries.

In India, about 0.42 million sq. km or 12.6% of land area, excluding snow covered area, is prone to landslide hazard. Out of this, 0.18
million sq. km falls in North East Himalaya, including Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalaya; 0.14 million sq. km falls in North West Himalaya
(Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir); 0.09 million sq. km in Western Ghats and Konkan hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka,
Goa and Maharashtra) and 0.01 million sq. km in Eastern Ghats of Aruku area in Andhra Pradesh. The landslide-prone Himalayan terrain falls in the maximum earthquake-prone zones (Zone-IV and V; BIS 2002) where earthquakes of Modified Mercalli intensity VIII to IX can
occur, and thus, are also prone to earthquake-triggered landslides. The most recent example is the aftermath of 18 September 2011 Sikkim
Earthquake in the Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalayas.

Landslide Hazard

Protection of life and properties from landslide disaster is indispensable in creating a safe environment for the society.
The national imperative towards safety due to landslide initiation is increasing in view of the higher rate of human settlement in the
mountain slope across the country. Landslides are significant...

Roles and Responsibilities

GSI - the nodal agency for landslide studies

National Core Group for Landslide Hazard Mitigation was
set up with the approval of then Dy. Prime Minister vide O. M. No. 31/ 56/ 2003.
NDM.III dt. 20 January 2004 with the following Terms of Reference...

Landslide Hazard Report

Landslide Information Sheet

NLSM

Since FS 2014 - 15, GSI has launched and undertook a national programme on landslide susceptibility mapping - Macro scale (1:50,000) National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (NLSM) with an aim to cover the 0.42 million sq. km landslide prone areas of the country. This national programme was formally launched by Shri Dinsha Patel, Hon’ble Minister of Mines, Government of India.

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Projects Metadata

The excel sheet contains list of landslide projects funded by Government Agencies including GSI. The information is based on the data provided by the stakeholders in the prescribed format shown below (Annexure-I and Annexure-II).

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